Souvenir de Bretagne
EUGENE ISABEY
French, (1803-1866)
Lithograph, 1832, Curtis 61 (ii/IV); edition unknown. 11 3/4 x 8 5/8 in. Signed on the stone with the printed signature, lower left. A fine impression in very good condition. There's a tiny repaired split in the margin, lower right, and minor traces of discoloration here and there in the wide margins. This work was published by Mourlot, Paris, and bears their blindstamp, lower left. This print is typical of Isabey's remarkable skills as a draughtsman. His work is a very good value in today's market.
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Interior of aPort (Interieur d'un Port)
EUGENE ISABEY
French, (1803-1866)
Lithograph, 1833, Curtis 68 (ii/III), Beraldi 9; edition unknown. 12 3/8 x 9 3/8 in. Signed with the printed text, below left. This is a fine impression printed on chine appliqué. The margins are substantial but somewhat trimmed. The condition is very good other than for some soiling and occasional subtle stains in the margins. This tour de force of early French lithography is plate five from "Six Marines," as printed by Charles Motte (1785-1836).
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Repair of a Ship at Low Tide (Radoub d'une Barque a Marée Basse)
EUGENE ISABEY
French, (1803-1866)
Lithograph, 1833, Curtis 67 (ii/III), Beraldi 12; edition unknown. 12 3/8 x 9 5/8 in. Signed with the printed text, below left. This is a fine impression printed on chine appliqué. The margins are wide and the condition is very good. There's an occasional subtle stain in the margins and one repaired tear at the bottom left edge of the sheet. This is plate four from "Six Marines," as published by Mourlot.
$1,200

Near Dieppe (Environs de Dieppe)
EUGENE ISABEY
French, (1803-1866)
Lithograph, 1833, Curtis 64 (ii/III), Beraldi 13; edition unknown. 8 3/8 x 11 3/8 in. Signed with the printed text, lower left. Here we have a fine impression printed on chine appliqué. The margins are full and the condition is fine apart from a few soft wrinkles from handling in the outer margins. This stellar print is plate one from the series "Six Marines." Dieppe is a coastal town in Normandy.
$1,000

Souvenir de St. Valery sur Somme
EUGENE ISABEY
French, (1803-1866)
Lithograph, 1833, Curtis 66 (ii/III), edition unknown. 11 7/8 x 9 5/8 in. Signed with the printed text, below left. This is a superb impression of this iconic print. This work, like the others in the set, was printed on chine appliqué. The margins are full and the condition is fine apart from a few small, subtle stains here and there in the margins. This is plate three from "Six Marines" published by Mourlot, Paris, and printed by Charles Motte.
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Peche au Vif
CHARLES JACQUE
French, (1813-1894)
Etching, 1864, Guiffrey 184, (ii/II); edition unknown. 6 x 8 3/8 in. Signed in the plate in script and also signed below with the printed signature and title. A fine impression on chine applique. Full margins. This plate was published by Sarazin.
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Head Willows
HORST JANSSEN
German, (1929-1995)
Etching and aquatint, 1987, Griffelkunst 90, edition unknown. 11 5/8 x 11 3/4 in. Initialed, titled and dated in the plate. Signed in pencil. Here we have a superb impression with full margins. The condition is excellent. This compelling image is one of many intaglios produced by Janssen at the Giffelkunst-Vereinigung in Hamburg. They have been publishing prints since 1925. There's a Horst Janssen Museum in his hometown, Oldenburg.
$950

Shoe - Friendship (Schuh - Freundschaft)
HORST JANSSEN
German, (1929-1995)
Etching, 1982, Griffelkunst 59, edition unknown. 11 5/8 x 8 1/4 in. Initialed and titled in the plate, upper left corner. Initialed in pencil. This is a fine impression with full margins. The condition is excellent. Janssen produced four such shoe studies in 1982.
$550

Morning - Lydia (Morgen - Lydia)
HORST JANSSEN
German, (1929-1995)
Etching and aquatint, 1887, Griffelkunst 87, edition unknown. 11 5/8 x 8 1/4 in. Initialed and dated in the plate, lower right. Initialed in pencil. Here we have a fine impression with full margins. The condition is excellent. Janssen excelled at self portraiture and he produced innumerable version of his own likeness. This is the case here as the artist leans down to offer his cat, Lydia, a mouse. Janssen is widely considered one of the finest draughtsmen and printmakers of his generation. His work is found in a vast number of museums in Europe as well as here in the United States. This includes the Museum of Modern Art and the Art Institute of Chicago. He's had exhibitions at the Rembrandthuis Museum and the Leopold Museum in Vienna.
$1,000

Landscape
HORST JANSSEN
German, (1929-1995)
Lithograph printed in black and brown, 1971, edition unknown. 8 5/8 x 10 3/4 in. Initialed in pencil, lower right. here we have a fine impression with wide margins. The condition is excellent. This engaging and subtle print has a kind of kinetic and spirited energy in spite of the simplicity of the composition.
$550

Annettchen in the Haseldorfer Marsch
HORST JANSSEN
German, (1929-1995)
Etching and aquatint, 1987, Griffelkunst 89, edition unknown. 12 x 5 3/8 in. Initialed in the plate, lower right. Dated and titled in the plate, lower left. Initialed in pencil. Here we have a fine impression with full margins. The paper is a cream laid and the Griffelkunst blindstamp is in the lower left margin. Excellent condition. The Haseldorfer Marsch is in Schleswig-Holstein.
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The Return Home (Die Heimkehr)
HORST JANSSEN
German, (1929-1995)
Etching and aquatint printed in color, 1993, edition unknown. 8 1/4 x 11 3/4 in. Initialed in pencil. This is a superb impression of this powerful print. The margins are full and the condition is excellent. Janssen is widely considered one of the finest draughtsmen and printmakers of his generation. His work is found in a vast number of museums in Europe as well as here in the United States. This includes the Museum of Modern Art and the Art Institute of Chicago. He's had exhibitions at the Rembrandthuis Museum and the Leopold Museum in Vienna. Depicted here is a mother and child seemingly overwhelmed by an intense rainstorm.
$650

Durerweg (Durer's Path)
HORST JANSSEN
German, (1929-1995)
Etching, 1982, Griffelkunst 57, edition unknown. 11 x 4 1/2 in. Signed in pencil. Here we have a fine impression with full margins. The condition is very good apart from light toning within an earlier mat opening.
$500

La Sardinerie (Les Sables-d'Olonne)
AMEDEE JOYAU
French, (1872-1913)
Woodcut printed in colors, 1905-06, Curtis 57, edition 50. 10 15/16 x 7 3/4 in. Signed in ink in the lower left. Signed with a monogram in the block, lower right. This is a fine, luminous impression printed on thin Japanese paper. The margins are full. The condition is very good apart from very faint toning within an earlier mat opening. Joyau produced some wonderful woodcuts of his native France and he was influenced by the better known Henri Rivière. He was an etcher and painter and made about fifty woodcuts during his short career. Joyau saw an exhibition of Japanese woodcuts in about 1894 which proved to be an ongoing inspiration. He exhibited his woodcuts with the Société de la Gravure sur Bois (S.G.B.O.) and spent much of his time in Fontainbleau which provided a rich source of subject matter for his work. Les Sables-d'Olonne, the location for this print, is a seaside resort and fishing community on the coast of western France.
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Santa Fe, New Mexico
LUIGI KASIMIR
Austrian, (1881-1962)
Etching and aquatint printed in colors, circa 1930, edition unknown. 12 5/8 x 10 1/2 in. Titled in the plate, lower left. Signed in pencil by the artist. This is a fine impression of this uncommon print. The paper is a thick wove with full margins. Fine condition. This church is known as the Santa Fe San Jose Mission Church at Laguna Pueblo.
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Fishermen, Lake Maggiore
ETHEL KIRKPATRICK
British, (1866-1941)
Woodcut printed in colors, circa 1926, edition perhaps 30-50. 8 5/8 x 13 3/8 in. Signed in pencil. This is a fine, luminous impression with full margins. The condition is excellent. Kirkpatrick was born in Dublin and studied at the South Kensington Academy of Art in London. She originally trained as a watercolor painter but block prints became her first love. For many years she lived at Cowes, Isle of Wight, and maintained a studio there.
$1,650

Thames Barges
ETHEL KIRKPATRICK
British, (1866-1941)
Woodcut printed in colors, 1911, edition probably about 30-50. 8 1/4 x 14 1/4 in. Initialed and dated in the block, lower right. Signed in pencil. This is a very fine, atmospheric impression showing the Thames at dusk. The margins are modest but this is most likely the full sheet as printed. Excellent condition.
$1,650

Floral Study (Poppies)
ILSE KOCH-AMBERG
German, (1869-1934)
Woodcut printed in colors, 1920s, edition unknown. 16 x 12 1/4 in. Signed in the block with her monogram, lower left. Signed in pencil. This is a fine impression with full margins. The condition is very good other than for slight toning within an earlier mat opening. She lived and worked in Hamburg where she specialized in arts and crafts style color woodcuts. She was married to the artist, Hugo Amberg.
$950

Self Portrait - Hand on Forehead
KATHE KOLLWITZ
German, (1867-1945)
Etching, 1910, Klipstein 106 (iii?/IV), Knesebeck 109 IIc; from the signed and numbered edition of 50. 6 x 5 3/8 in. This is a very fine impression printed on sturdy wove paper. The margins are wide and probably full. The condition is fine apart from old tape adhesive residue on three areas at the edge of the sheet, verso. This edition of fifty was printed before the unsigned edition published in Zeitscrift fur Bildende Kunst and before the engraved text by Richter added in 1920. This outstanding, early self portrait has the signature of Felsing, the printer, in the lower left.
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Der Polster (The Cushion)
MAXIMILLIAN KURZWEIL
Austrian, (1867-1916)
Woodcut printed in colors, 1903, edition unknown. 11 1/4 x 10 1/4 in. Unsigned as usual. This is a fine impression as published in the Jahrsmappe der Gesellschaft fur Velvielfaltigende Kunst, Vienna. The condition is fine. The margins of the support sheet are somewhat trimmed. Illustrated on page 241 of Jugendstijl; Graphik und Druchkunst by Hans Hofstatter. This is an iconic image for printmaking in Vienna, circa 1900.
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